June 2026
Reverse Proxy for Media Apps: Nginx Proxy Manager, SSL, Access Lists, and Security
Keep Sonarr, Radarr, Prowlarr, SABnzbd, Tdarr, NAS administration, and the Nginx Proxy Manager dashboard private. Use LAN or VPN access by default. Add a reverse proxy only for a hostname that has a real remote-user requirement, and keep application authentication, patching, isolation, backups, and logging behind it. Rights and lawful use: This reverse-proxy workflow assumes […]
Homelab DNS Guide: Local Names, Ad Blocking, and Reliability
A practical homelab DNS design for local names, ad blocking, split DNS, redundant resolvers, VPN clients, and safe internal naming.
Campus Segmentation Design: From VLANs to Unified Fabric
Campus segmentation should evolve from VLAN sprawl toward a hierarchy of VRFs, virtual networks, SGTs, and group-based policy that operations teams can actually manage.
Plex + Tdarr GPU Strategy: Sharing NVIDIA GPUs Without Hurting Playback
A detailed guide to sharing NVIDIA GPUs between Plex and Tdarr with worker limits, peak-hour scheduling, driver verification, nvidia-patch checks, and safe transcode testing. Rights and lawful use: Use Plex and Tdarr GPU workflows only to stream or transform media you own, created, or are permitted to process. Hardware encoding, scheduled workers, and format conversion […]
Designing an AI-Ready Campus Network After Cisco Live 2026
An AI-ready campus network needs segmentation, telemetry, resilient wired and wireless design, cloud access, identity integration, and a change workflow that can support agentic operations.
Radarr Import Lists That Do Not Fill Your Library With Junk
Start every new Radarr import list with search on add disabled, a unique source tag, the intended root folder and quality profile, and a manual review. Enable automatic search only after multiple syncs add the titles you actually intend to manage. That one staged workflow prevents most noisy-list failures. Rights and lawful use: A Trakt, […]
Homelab Reverse Proxy Guide: HTTPS Without Unsafe Exposure
A security-first reverse proxy guide for homelabs, covering DNS, TLS, app exposure, internal-only services, authentication, logging, and validation.
Wi-Fi 7 in the Enterprise: Where Cisco’s Outdoor APs Fit
Wi-Fi 7 is not just a speed upgrade. Outdoor and large-venue Wi-Fi 7 designs need channel planning, PoE, uplink capacity, RF validation, client readiness, and operational telemetry.
Custom Formats and Quality Profiles Explained for Radarr and Sonarr
A practical explanation of Radarr and Sonarr quality profiles, custom formats, minimum scores, upgrade-until scores, HEVC preferences, language rules, and TRaSH Guides. Rights and lawful use: This profile and scoring workflow applies only to Radarr and Sonarr libraries you own or are authorized to manage. Custom formats, TRaSH-derived rules, and Recyclarr synchronization decide how eligible […]
Cisco C9550 Smart Switches and the AI-Ready Campus Core
The Cisco C9550 Series points campus core and aggregation design toward higher uplink density, stronger telemetry, hardware-rooted trust, Live Protect, and post-quantum readiness.